Printer&#39;s chase for checks and the like



193(4). E. H. STADLER ET AL 1,782,587

PRINTER'S CHASE FOR CHECKS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 27, 1929' 1 wi e/7%! 4 Paten d N EDWARD H. sTAnLEn; ors'r. LOUIS, AND

HEIGHTS, iviissounr rmutrnns CHASE non CHECKS AND THE LIKE I 1 Application filed F bruar 's? 1929 Seria1'No..343,068.

This invention relates to a for checks and the like. a

It is a familiar fact that check blanks or check forms are often assembled in books including stubs and three check blanks or check forms united with each other and with the print-ers chase stubs along perforated lines. These check blanks or check forms are prmted nearly Appropriate vdata 1s printednr PIOPBTI'Glittionship to these lines and usually the name of the drawer of the check is printed some a forms. So, too, the stub has printedthereon always including a date line, a line for the name of the payee and a line for the amount.

whereon the face of the check blanks or matter identifying the respective checks.

Our invention comprises a chase designed and adapted for use in mounting the type to print these check forms andstubs successively so that when the respective checks are printed the printing will" necessarily and j essentially be placed and located uniformly on the respective checks, although the three checks of each page or sheet of checks are printed successively and not concurrently. i Heretofore diiiiculty has been encountered in obtaining uniform results and in locating the printing properly and uniformly upon the checks Whenthepages were run successivelv through the press. To obviate these difii culties we have produced the present invention and have used the same for a suiiicient length of time to ascertain that, by this inveir tion we are able to reduce to a comparatively small amount the ,ccstand expense of printing the checks, and at the same time obtain better and more uniform re 'ilts. searched the market in vain for a chase or device that could be used" satisfactorily for Vi e have these purposes and which would obtain. re sults andbenefits approximating theresults and benefits which we have obtained by; this a invention; 'l herefore -we say as a result of long and practical experience, that the present invention meets a need and serves a purpose satisfactorily that no" other device which we have been able to find will serve.

Fig. 1 is a perspective View ofthe main,

chase 1 in which the secondary chase is v mounted in different adjusted posltions for tion.

bers printing thelowerjthevmiddle and the upper through the press successively. i i i a a Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the secondary chase. Fig; 3 is a perspective view of the main chase and the secondary chase mounted therein showing the manner of'their cooperaf "checks successively whenthe pages are run 7 Themain chase is in the form of an open GEORGE E. DIIiIlINGHi'lII, or m aslesframedesigned and adapted to be located i n j the printing press and to beheld in the press by usual retalnnig (levlces. The ma n chase frame comprises a lower member 1, an upper member 2 whichisparallel with the member 1, and two end members 3 which are parallel with each other andwhich integrally con Inect the ends of the lower and upper end members Land 2. The inner edge of each of the endwmembersii isformed with a series of notches 4. v A series of tliree latch buttons 5 is pivoted to each of the end members 3 adjacent to aseries'offhigsor projections 6 rigid with the front sides of the'end n em- The secondary ortype-holding chase is in side member 7, an up erside member 8 parallel with said member 7, and twoend item here 9 that are parallel with eachother and which are integrallyconnected with the n em; bers Tand 8h Each end of the lowerside member 7 is extended to provide a projection 1O designedanfd adapted to be received in the respective notchest so as to support the seek theform of'an open frame comprising a lower onfdary; chase in its different] adjusted posi tionsinthemain chase, l l

In use the type is setwlthin thesecondary Q tel-ra se so'as to print one checkof a page check an h wf e n ee e fi ee bf the. stub? The secondary ortype-holding chase is then placed'in the main chase, preferably a position inwhich itfis adjacent to theloiwer side ofthe main chase T he pro- A jections 10 are seated in the lower notches 4 and the sides of the end members 10 fitclosely 1 against the inner edges of the frame members a 3 of the main chase. The pivoted retainers or buttons 5 arethen turned inwardlyto them positions shown in Fig, 3 so that said buttons are supported in inclined positions by the projections ('3. In such positions the ends of the buttons 5 extend across the outer sides of adj aeent portions of the type holding or secondary chase so as to hold said type-holding or secondary chase properly located in the main chase. The printing press is then operated until the desired number of check blanks or check forms at the lower edges of the check pages have been printed. Then the secondary or type-holding chase is removed and located in a position in Which the projections 10 are seated in the next adjacent notches a, which is a position for printing the middle checks of the pages of the checks. The press then run until the desired amount of Work is performed, after which the typeholding or secondary chase is removed and located in its upper position in which the projections 10 are engaged in the upper notches -l. The buttons 6 hold the secondary chase in its various adjustments during operation of the machine.

From the foregoing it must be apparent that our invention is a highly i implitied, satisfactory and eiiicient chase for eeonon'iically, accurately and rapidly performing the specific type of Work mentioned. It is possible that the invention may be *aried in some respects and We do not restrict ourselves in any unessential particulars.

lVe claim 2* l. A printers chase comprising a main frame having notches in the inner edges of its ends, a secondary frame arranged to be supported in different adjusted positions in the main frame, projections from the ends of the secondary frame arranged to seat in said notches respectively and to support said secondary frame in different adjusted positions in the main frame, and pivoted holders on the main frame movable to posit-ion to overlap adjacent portions of the secondary frame.

A printers chase comprising a main trame adapted to be locked in a press bed and having a series of notches in the inner edges of its ends connnunicating with the top of the frame, secondary frame adapted to be supported Within the main frame and inserted in and removed from the top of the main frame, projections from the ends of the secondary frame adapted to seat selectively in said notches. and pivoted holders on the top of the main frame movable to position to overlap adjacent portions of the secondary frame. v

EDlVAR-D H. STADLEBv GEORGE E. DILLINGHAM. 

